Understanding the sources of the sino-islamic intellectual tradition: A review essay on the Sage learning of Liu zhi: Islamic thought in confucian terms, by Sachiko Murata, William C. Chittick, and tu Weiming, and recent chinese literary treasuries
Philosophy East and West 61 (3):546-559 (2011)
| Abstract | An oft-quoted Hadith purports that it is incumbent upon every Muslim to seek knowledge, even if it is to be found as far away as China.1 However, the plethora of knowledge that was discovered there generally has yet to be unraveled by Western academics. If the intellectual tradition of Chinese Muslims may appear to be of minor consequence to the larger field of Islamic studies, this is in part because of our failure to assess their influence. The abundant resources for understanding the Islamic sciences in China have barely been grazed and are awaiting our thorough analytical peregrination. This essay attempts to evaluate (1) the most recent work that explores this intellectual tradition, The Sage Learning of Liu .. | |||||||||
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